The click originating from the woman's fingers was nothing special, what Xavier became aware of next however was rather intriguing. It was hard to say for sure what had happened in that moment as all he knew for sure was that the energy which he had leaked into the air, specifically immediately surrounding the woman had come to a standstill. Unlike their brethren a number of miniscule particles were almost trapped around her, they could not come out, be controlled and nor could any others get close to her. Though the specifics remained just beyond his immediate thought processing, Xavier had a rough idea of what he was witnessing.

Hearing the woman speak snapped him abruptly back to attention, his head whipping up so that his eyes would have met Sophias. Simply standing there Xavier left the woman with no answer as a thin smirk began to manifest upon his face, his right hand balling into a tight fist as he once again called upon hos blood to create his metal. It oozed from every pore of his hand, hidden beneath the leather gloves, and began to gather upon his knuckles and the back of his hand. In one swift motion Xavier lifted and dropped his fist through the air, letting it slam upon the cogs brass surface, a distraction, while commanding the metal to gather upon his knuckles. The force of this hit would cause a dent in the cogs surface, one which would almost instantaneously disappear as the clock tower repaired itself. Following his previous command another was given for the metal to advance along the cogs surface as quickly as possible, propelled across the distance of roughly 8 feet in just under 3 seconds. When the metallic stream would reach just a foot away it would change form and stretch towards Sophias abdomen, now holding the form of a thin metallic spike. The spike could stretch for only a full 2 feet before stopping, unless it should meet some force which prevented its movement.